Description (eng):
Workplace Health Promotion (WHP) aims to prevent diseases and improve health and wellbeing in the workplace (European Network For Workplace Health Promotion, 1997). Employers obtain a financial advantage, as WHP can reduce sickness and medical costs by an average of 25% (Chapman, 2012).
If WHP offers activities on nutrition, this setting can be a working field for nutrition con-sultants/DGE (EB/DGE). The certificate EB/DGE is recognized for the implementation of preventive activities in the field of nutrition, also within WHP, with financial support from the statutory health insurance funds (GKV-Spitzenverband, 2017, p. 61). Within the scope of the certificate course EB/DGE, a project work must be drawn up, which can, for example, deal with a WHP activity.
The aim of this study was to determine how the interest of EB/DGE in the field of WHP developed between 2005 and 2015. For this, an empirical cross-sectional study was carried out. This included a data evaluation of 961 archived project works in order to determine the frequency of the project work on the subject of WHP. In addition, the EB/DGE, who had written the project works, were invited to answer an online ques-tionnaire. The survey period lasted from 04. April 2017 to 28. April 2017. It was exam-ined whether the composition of a project work in the WHP had an influence on the later professional activity in WHP.
The data evaluation of the project works showed, that the number of WHP project work has more than doubled between the years 2005 and 2015. An upward tendency was visible, especially since 2013. The questionnaire survey revealed that currently more than half (n=9; 60%) of the participants of the questionnaire, who wrote a WHP project work (n=15), are active in WHP. A statistically significant correlation of the activity in WHP with the previously written project work in the BGF was not found (p=0.058).
The results suggest that the EB/DGE are interested in the field of WHP and their inter-est is increasing. However, the planning of a project work in WHP had no influence on the later activity in this setting. Further studies would be necessary to identify obstacles preventing EB/DGE from working in WHP.